Skye Bank’s website ‘best in content, accessibility’

Skye Bank’s website www.skyebankng.com has emerged the overall winner in two categories namely, Web content and Accessibility in the 2017 edition of the yearly website Web Jurist Award conducted by Philips Consulting.

Also, in the Technical aspect, Skye Bank ranked among top contenders, such as Access Bank, Zenith Bank and United Bank for Africa, an improvement on the previous year’s performance.

The bank’s website ranked overall fourth best from eight position in 2016, and 18th in 2015, owing to the bank’s investment in the upgrade of its website and the robust real-time content strategy it deployed. The result shows the bank’s website is one of the most improved, beating other lenders in that space. This is a validation of Skye Bank’s dedication to continuous improvement and service quality, steeped in the use of information and communication technology.

The Web-Jurist rating and awards is an initiative of Phillips Consulting Limited, aimed at measuring the effectiveness of websites in the private sector, to ensure continuous enhancement of e-business activities and encourage better web communications practice.

The consulting giant carried out a detailed evaluation of the websites of 20 commercial banks, 103 Federal Government parastatals, 29 state governments, 47 insurance companies, four telecoms companies and seven indigenous airlines.

The lender’s performance is an improvement from last year’s when it was rated eighth behind Ecobank’s who emerged overall winner at the time. Similarly, this feat is a validation of Skye Bank’s industry leadership in e-payment and compliance with best practice, which requires provision of accurate, relevant and timely information on organisational websites at all times.

The awards which started in 2001, evaluates the effectiveness and performance of Nigerian websites based on criteria agreed by e-business experts from Philips Consulting.

“Winning the best web content and accessibility award is a significant accomplishment and demonstration of the bank’s commitment to provide its online stakeholders with accurate, relevant and timely information at all times and eliminate barriers that prevent interaction with the website,” the lender said in its reaction.